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Kamengrad, Kamičak, Ključ, Kula Radetina, Kulen-Vakuf, Mala Kladuša, Mutnik,
Obrovac, Orašac, Ostrovica, Ostrožac, Pećigrad, Podzvizd, Ripač, Rmanj, Sokolac,
Stari Majdan, Stijena, Šturlić, Todorovo, Tržac, Velika Kladuša, Vrnograč, and Vrno-
grač near the village of Ćukovi.
Furthermore, one should pay attention to some building sites that some of the
old towns have in their vicinity: Hresno, Velika Kladuša, Novigrad (Todorovo), Otoka,
Brekovica, Ostrožac, Obrovac, Sokolac, Ripač, Ostrovica, Stražbenica, and Ključ. A
number of towns was abandoned and demolished in a planned way by the Hapsburgs’
authorities in the second half of the 16th century: Ajtić, Bušević, Mračaj, Novigrad
(Todorovo), Čavić, Krupa, Stijena, Izačić, Toplički Turanj, Radetina Kula, and Gradac.
Many of the mentioned towns were reconstructed during the Ottoman period, most
of them expanded, additionally reinforced and converted into much bigger fortre-
sses, but also some completely new towns were built: Kulen-Vakuf, Havala, Orašac,
Petrovac, Stari Majdan, and Sanski Most. During the Austro-Hungarian period some
changes were made on the towns of Bihać, Sokolac, and Ostrožac. And exactly, due to
these characteristics, most of the old towns in the Una-Sana Canton represent a unique
integrality within the complete corps of old towns in Bosnia and Herzegovina, having
in mind that they used to be a part of border defensive system of neighbouring, often
warrying countries (Ottoman Empire, Bosnia, Hungary, Hapsburgs’ Empire, Croatia,
Slovenia, Venetian Republic); they represent a unique integrality within European
cultural heritage.
Mirzet Mujadžić
Conservationist and Restorer
Nijazija Maslak
Museum Adviser